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Senate Resolution

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A resolution recognizing March 19, 2008, as "FAMU Day" at

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the Florida Legislature.

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     WHEREAS, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

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(FAMU) was founded in 1887, named a land-grant institution in

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1891, and designated a university in 1953, and

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     WHEREAS, FAMU is a 4-year, historically black university,

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offering undergraduate and graduate programs that seek qualified

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students from all racial, ethnic, religious, and national groups,

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and

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     WHEREAS, for more than 120 years FAMU has provided

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educational opportunities that have enhanced the quality of life

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for young men and women from Florida and around the globe, and

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     WHEREAS, the University consists of 13 colleges and schools

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as well as two institutes: Arts and Sciences; Education;

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Engineering Sciences, Technology, and Agriculture; Pharmacy and

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Pharmaceutical Sciences; Engineering; Allied Health Sciences;

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Architecture; Business and Industry; General Studies; Journalism

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and Graphic Communication; Nursing; Law; Graduate Studies and

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Research; the Environmental Sciences Institute; and the Institute

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of Public Health, and

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     WHEREAS, today more African American students earn

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bachelor's degrees at FAMU than at any other American university,

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and FAMU is the leading producer of African American PhD's in

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Physics, and

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     WHEREAS, FAMU is the nation's top producer of black

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pharmacists, and the pharmacy program led the state and the

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nation in 2007 with its 100 percent passage rate on the North

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American Pharmacy Licensure Examination, and

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     WHEREAS, the FAMU faculty has more than 300 active grants

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and contracts from federal, state, and private sources,

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representing research, community service, and scholarly projects,

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and

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     WHEREAS, Business Week Magazine recently recognized FAMU as

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one of the "Most Innovative Colleges" in the country in the area

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of technology transfer, and

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     WHEREAS, FAMU MBA students won first place at the 2007

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National Black MBA Association Case Competition, besting teams

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from Columbia University and the University of Chicago, and

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     WHEREAS, in November 2007, FAMU captured its seventh

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consecutive Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Volleyball

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Championship title, NOW, THEREFORE,

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Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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     That the Florida Senate recognizes March 19, 2008, as "FAMU

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Day" in the Florida Legislature in recognition of Florida

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Agricultural and Mechanical University's contributions as an

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outstanding institution of higher education.

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     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution, with

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the seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Dr. James H.

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Ammons, President of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical

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University, as a tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida

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Senate.